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Apr 10, 2013 at 11:19 AMApr 10, 2013 at 11:21 AM

Hannibal beats Kirksville on their home course, 157-179, as the Pirates take control of the NCMC

Ryan Ronan @RyanRonan_KDE

KIRKSVILLE - Playing the sandwich of a three meet in three-day stretch the Kirksville golf team hosted Hannibal in a NCMC conference dual. The Pirates took care of the Tigers by a final count of 158-179.

“I was hoping for a little better scores today, home course, and good conditions. I think we have a little work to do to get to where we want to be,” said Kirksville head coach Tom Nothdurft.

Tyler Howerton led Kirksville with his 42.

“It went pretty well, I gave away a couple strokes on number eight, but other than that it went pretty well. I was able to sink about a 30-foot putt on four and that was a big factor in the success I was able to have,” said Howerton.

Freshman Trent Halterman was able to card a 44 for the Tigers.“Things went pretty good today. I was able to save a lot of pars, but I wasn’t able to finish as well as I wanted to. I was able to hit a lot of greens that gave me the chance to two putt, but my short was there for me and I ran into a little trouble in the trees,” said Halterman.

Wyatt Yost was able to finish with a 46. Freshman Chance Edwards and senior Collin Kuntz both finished with 47s. Zach Hamilton rounded out the Tigers performance with his 48.

Alec Abel of Hannibal was the low-man of the day with his 37.“Our short game still seems to be the issue. We’re having some trouble around the greens. We just don’t have our feel yet. Right now we are about two weeks behind of where we need to be, so we just need to get out there and get that feel,” said Nothdurft

Howerton has noticed his touch isn’t there either.

“I need to improve my wedge play. I’m not able to get close enough right now,” said Howerton.

Kirksville will wrap up their three-day stretch when they host Columbia Hickman today, weather permitting.

“I think we need to come out and work a little on our mental aspect. We seem to get a little frustrated with some of our shots or if we happen to three-putt on some holes. We can’t let that go to our head and let it affect other aspects of their game, you’re going to have bad shots out there, we just need to keep a positive focus,” said Nothdurft